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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26371980, member: 101855&quot;]I was a kid going through my parents’s change purses and bank rolls when I could get them. I had a very narrow interest. I bought coins for the first time from a professional dealer in 1963. My biggest purchases were a 1908-S Indian Cent in VG to Fine, which would called a VF-20 today for $35, and an 1875-P Twenty Cent Piece in VF that would still be a VF today today for $20.</p><p><br /></p><p>I became interested in gold and eventually assembled an eight piece and then a 12 piece type set. Whatever bad purchases I made in other areas were more than off set by the gold which were all Uncs. I still own four of the coins that were in the eight piece type set. The best one in a 1901 $10 gold that is now in an NGC MS-65 holder. I bought that one from Stacks’ in New York City when I was in high school. Stacks’ graded that one “Choice Unc.” </p><p><br /></p><p>There were not grading numbers in those days, except for those who used <u>Sheldon’s</u> <u>Penny</u> Whimsey book. I never met Sheldon, but knew a couple of people who did. I also met Walter Breen several times. He was a trip, a real old hippy. Thank goodness I was not his type. </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems like it was a great time to buy, but things seemed expensive back then too. You must remember people thought that $100 a week was a living wage. Everything is relative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I’m the “old guy” who seems to have everything. When I was young, I knew similar “old guys.” They were advanced collectors, like I am today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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